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Blog 7 Apolo
Considering my own background and in accordance to our theme discussed this week “Music and Ethnicity”, there are plenty of examples that genres associated found in the ecuadorian ethnicity. One example of genre that is well known in my home country is “Pasillo”. This specific genre widely spread across South America, and the genre is […]
Khayumov Blog 7
I come from a small ethnic group known as Bukharian Jews. This ethnic group is often hard to dissect since many Bukharian Jews resided in a Islamic dominated country known as Tashkent, Uzbekistan but were under the Soviet Union’s control. With that being said many of Bukharian Jewish customs were intermixed with both Uzbek and […]
Prompt for Blog 7
Our theme this week was “Music and Ethnicity,” where ethnicity was defined as “a group of people bound by shared culture, including social customs, values and beliefs, and perhaps common language, religion, and ancestry.” Considering your own background, do a little research and tell us about a genre of music associated with your ethnicity. (Remember […]
Blog 6 Corrales
The first piece that I decided to analyze was “Baamaaya,” which is a culturally significant performance from Ghana. This performance consists of music and traditional dance historically thought to have different origin stories. According to the textbook, ” One account says that it was danced at night because the movements kept mosquitoes away. Another account […]
Gardner Blog 6
Capoeira originally started off as a martial art that slaves used to practice in order to fuel their want for freedom. Even though it was disguised as a dance, it was still banned all across Brazil and was prohibited by the Brazilian Penal Code. The word “capoeirista” ended up becoming a synonym for outlaw or […]
Blog 6 Singh
From Monday’s class, “Baamaaya” was the piece that I found most interesting. This traditional dance and it’s accompanying musical piece is performed in Ghana. It was something I had never seen/heard before and had an interesting make-up. I found the way the beats were layered very unique. The origin tale we focused on in class […]
Blog 6 Hoq
The social context in the piece of music “Baamaaya” has shifted over time. Baamaaya is considered to be a popular traditional dance among the Dagbamba people in Ghana. In the past, there were several different reasons why the Baamaaya dance was performed. Some reasons are that the movements of the dance kept mosquitoes away at […]
Blog 6 Hong
The dance “Baamaaya” was an important part of Ghanaian culture in the past. According to the textbook, a possible origin for the dance was that it was used to bring rain for the village during a period of drought. The drought was present because a man had committed a crime against a woman, which angered […]
Gaught Blog 6
“Baamaaya” was established in Ghana. It translates to fields are wet and was meant for a rain dance. It was ritual for them and whenever they wanted rain, they would all do the dance. Overtime, it has changed a lot, now its used during Funerals. I don’t think it has a positive or negative changes […]
Blog 6 Valenzuela
The “Bamaaya” was a dance that was ritualistic that was performed mainly by the people of Ghana to indicate that they would like rain to be sent to them from the Gods that they believed in, due to a drought happening at the time which was the 19th century. However the dance has changed over […]
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